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Former Doc At Paramus Veteran's Home Who Said He Worked 43 Hours In One Day Agrees To Pay $700K Former Doc At Paramus Veteran's Home Who Said He Worked 43 Hours In One Day Agrees To Pay $700K
Former Doc At Paramus Veteran's Home Who Said He Worked 43 Hours In One Day Agrees To Pay $700K A Bergen County doctor and former medical director of the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home in Paramus busted for "up-coding" and lying about care provided has agreed to pay $700,000, federal authorities said. Arun Sehgal and his Ramsey practice, Preventive & Diagnostic Medical Center P.A., violated the "False Claims Act" by billing patients for more service than they could possibly provide in a single day, or for services that they never provided, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said Thursday, Feb. 22. Sehgal and his practice agreed to pay $693,490 plus interest to resolve the three …

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by Cecilia Levine